Fishing rig



Dec. 27, 1949 y 1 A. HlcKsoN 2,492,639

FISHING RIG Filed March 28, 1949 Ef @M12/ 9% Patented Dec. 27A, 1949 amarre-so fs FISHINGJ-RIG iInnisiA.fflliksom Philadelphia, Pa.

eA,nplicatiulrliial'ch 28, 1949, :Serial:No..83,948

BiClims. (01.43-28) il .My `invention Vrelates llto Inewuan'd .usfilil vimprovements .in .'shingrigaand .the r.present rcase is .a companion .Ito thatfnlelihy me of .even date and bearingSeriallbIo. 831947. fInthe .aforementioned application, a shing'rig was shownwhere- Ain .two iish hooks are .to .be supported, `one above the other, .in a..certain.manner g `while vthe;present .application .relates .to :a rig-,that .is known among fishermen as a .jounder rig.

in two rlsh hooks .are supported .,from f sb'stantially Athe .same .horizontal Tplane ...and-the two hooks Aheld spaced-laterallyrom athemainleader.

A flounderriggenerellwconsistsofarig .where-` "l .One'. .of the` .objects .of ltheepresentdnvention is to 4provide-z aflshing. rig, v.vvhereindiheseveralparts,

Asuch as .a ileXib1e-,wirecable, .and `spreaderV and vswivels :may .readily .be .assembledand .quickly secured ingposition.

Still. anotherobj ect ,of .theinvention .is to pro-1l 4the cable and then deformed or "clenched in .a

predetermined position. n

Still anotheraobjectfoffthe invention 1s to provide a very flexible rig solthat when the loaitis ltakenfloyfa. sh, the likelihoedlis .that the .-sh :will

swallowlthe bait beforeathe A,pullzeis transferred to the shingfline, which mean-:advantage among novices, as otherwise the bait might be jerked from the flshs mouth by the sherman before the bait is swallowed.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a strong and efficient rig which may be assembled in a minimum of time, so that the same may be made in commercial quantities at a relatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain new and novel arrangements and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings showing a preferred embodiment,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the completed rig,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary view showing the manner of passing the spreader through the cable that supports the sinker,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing how the spreader is held in position by a collar,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailedsectional lview of one of the collars, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional `view taken on line `5`5 of Fig. 4.

Referring now moreparticlarly totheseveral views, and for the m'omerittoFig. I1, ,therelis shown a flexible wire cable ,whichlis preer'ably made oi rustless, stainless,brass, bronze .or .other non-corroding metall'hav'ing Ls'in'iilar A.characteristics; and this cable I' 'is ",loopefd '.back on itself about .midway of its' length .tolformhel'looplso 'that there are v`two strands.fequlength.and '13, which in'turn are'heldspacedlromfeach.other by the metal vvtubular spreader vi5, .which .will'be referred to more Yin .detail .as the speccation proceeds.

Referring to. Fig. Vinfor.then'mment,ltheiielisseen a .metal col1ar`5f ,which is also apieceofltubillar copper; .and one o'f .thesecllarsli' 'islthreadedfon the main cable AI up to the`loop'2..and.then back through the same 4aftenfhowever,afsvivel I6.. has been placed .on .the main cable] `andrun Aup ,to 'the' loop l.2, so that .when .thiscollanfisideformed as "at' the swivel 6`ispermanentlylfastenedin.the loop .2.

'These soft' copper collars".5..,are. allldeformedhy .placing them 'in .the proper ldies, .one lof has a .nose to .force apart-of the.me`tal tubinglinwardly vto the .strands .of .the -cable. rA'iter the collar 5 is once de'formedfit will always remain in place.

A somewhat V.similar ..co`11ar Lis v.shown .in v.the previous patent granted to me on January 1, 1946, and bearing Patent No. 2,392,147 but in that instance the collar contained an additional insert which I do not now find necessary in the use of these collars 5.

Glancing now at Figs. 2 and 3, there may be be seen the tubular copper spreader 5 and this is supported on an additional piece of wire cable 8 which has its one end 9 lying adjacent the Strand 4 and its other end lying adjacent the strand 3; and, here again, respective collars I I and I2 are used, which collars II and I2 are identical to the collar 5'. These collars II and I2 are then deformed similar to the manner in which collar 5 was deformed, so that now the spreader 5 will hold the two strands 3 and 4 always in spaced relationship to each other.

To support the sinker or dipsy, as it is called along the Atlantic Coast, I provide another short piece of wire cable I3 and lay this adjacent the meeting point of the two strands 3 and 4 as at the point I4; and, here again, the three pieces of cable are clamped in a tubular collar I5, which has been previously threaded along the cable I.

The cable I3 then extends downwardly, is looped as at I6, is then fastened by a collar I7, and passes on the far side of the spreader 5, and its end secured to the cable I3 by another collar I8.

In the loop I6 may be placed a link I9 to which the sinker may readily be attached.

Thus we have the strands 3 and 4 spaced from each other and equally spaced from the support for the centrally disposed sinker. The lower ends of the strands 3 and 4 may then be looped back as at 20 and 2l and respectively held by collars 22 and 23; and in these loops 2U and 2| may be secured the swivels 24 and 25.

Most of the collars may be threaded on the main wire cable I before the assembling of the parts is started, so that in the assembling they are just moved to their proper positions and then deformed. In this way but a minimum of time is required to slip the spreader and the swivels in place and see that they are all properly tightly secured in position.

It is to be remembered that to the swivels 24 and 25 will be attached the gut leader of a hook (not shown) and these leaders in turn are generally about a foot in length, so it will be seen that when the ish takes the bait, any slack will rst have to be taken up in the gut leader and then pass through the exible strand, either 3 or 4, and then possibly tilt the spreader before the pull is felt on the fishing line 26 passing through the upper swivel 6. (See Fig. 1.)

Thus there is a likelihood that the flsh (and if a ounder) will have a chance to swallow the bait (often a bull-head minnow) before the fisherman feels the pull, and in that way will have a good chance to hook himself rather than have the fisherman in his excitement jerk the bait from out of the shs mouth.

Also, by having a rigid spreader between the two strands 3 and 4 they are always held in spaced relationship so that there is a possibility of getting two sh at the one time.

As also will be seen, there is very little strain on the tubular spreader 5 as the sinker (not shown) is supported from the cable I and any pull from the fish will tend to tilt the spreader 5 and make a direct pull through the respective strands 3 and 4.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have devised a simple and inexpensive fishing rig or what is known among the fishermen as a iiounder rig and consisting of simply a wire cable and copper tubing, a relatively long piece of which forms the spreader 5 and the relatively short pieces form collars which are previously threaded on the main strand and then deformed to hold all the parts tightly in position.

I am aware that it is old to make spreader rigs especially adapted for flounder fishing and I'do not claim my invention broadly as such, but what I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 1 Patent is:

1. A fishing rig including a main exible wire cable looped centrally between its ends to form two separate strands, a rigid tubular spreader located between the same for holding the strands at a substantial distance from each other, a wire passing through' said tubular spreader and connected at its ends to the respective strands to thus support the spreader, deformed collars holding the aforementioned ends of the wire to the respective strands of the 'main cable, and additional means secured to and depending from the main cable above the spreader and straddling the same and adapted to support a sinker just below the spreader.

2. A fishing rig including a main exible wire cable looped centrally between its ends to form two separate strands, a deformed collar located just below the loop, a rigid tubular spreader extending between and holding the two strands of the main cable at a distance from each other, a wire extending through said tubular spreader and secured to the respective strands to thus hold the spreader in position, deformed collars securing the ends of the wire to the said respective strands of the main cable, an additional relatively short looped cable secured to the tWo main strands at their point of divergence just above the spreader, the spreader passing through the loop of the said last mentioned short cable, and the short cable adapted to support a sinker.

LOUIS A. HICKSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 790,336 Yoerger May 23, 1905 1,123,636 Weisenfeld Jan. 5, 1915 2,201,351 Skoverski May 21, 1940 

